Stormy weather.

• Autores: Mark Alpert
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 291, Nº. 6, 2004, págs. 28-28
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article reports on the rise in frequency of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. Florida residents will long remember the hurricane season of 2004. From early August to late September, six major hurricanes (category 3 or above, in which maximum wind speeds hit at least 178 kilometers per hour) formed in the North Atlantic basin. Four of them--Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne--slammed into the Sunshine State. (Ivan's eye actually made landfall in Alabama, but the hurricane's winds roughed up Florida's panhandle.) Although the targeting of Florida seems to be mostly a case of bad luck--the tracks of Atlantic hurricanes depend on the chaotic vagaries of pressure highs and lows along the eastern seaboard--many researchers are convinced that overall hurricane activity in the Atlantic is on the upswing. INSET: WARMER WORLD, STRONGER STORMS?.